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> On 02/01/2011, at 09:04, Grant wrote: |
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>> I'm sorry this is OT but I really value the opinion of many people |
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>> subscribed to this list. |
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>> I'm starting a new project that is quite straightforward and will |
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>> interface with an old project. The only point of contact between the |
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>> two projects might be both of them having access to the same database |
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>> table. The old project is written in a language that is related to |
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>> perl so I can imagine there would be some benefit to using perl for the |
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>> new project. Am I foolish to start a new project in perl at this stage |
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>> in its lifecycle? I won't be doing the coding myself and I wonder if I |
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>> would be better off with PHP since more coders seem to be familiar with |
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>> PHP than perl. |
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> TBH use neither, most people are jumping away from PHP and Perl. |
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I am not sure who is "most people" but I do almost all my coding in Perl |
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and love it. Perl has great features and is very cleverly designed |
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language! |
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